he is best known as the mad Titan
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring the comic book origins of
Thanos as with most comic book
characters that are often reimagining
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline that unfolded in 1973’s
Ironman number 55 which was expanded
upon in 1973’s Captain Marvel number 28
Thanos is part of an ancient race known
as the deviance the deviants are an
offshoot of the Eternals who are a race
of perfect godlike beings that were
created by 2,000 foot tall armored space
gods known as the Celestials as mutants
the deviants inherited the Eternals
godlike powers but lacked their perfect
looks and noble spirit born on Saturn’s
moon of Titan to an eternal King Thanos
was a prince and one of the few to
inherit the deviant gene despite his
hide like skin and abilities that
surpassed the other residents of Titan
he was treated fairly by his family
however he grew increasingly feared by
the peaceful and prosperous civilization
in which he lived eventually he came to
realize how different he was from those
around him especially his adored brother
eros who would later become a member of
the Avengers under the name Star Fox
becoming increasingly distant Thanos
soon found an unshakable interest to the
opposites of the virtues that the
eternal stood for namely nihilism and
death this interest came to a head when
he discovered a forgotten subterranean
temple there in Thanos happened upon the
physical embodiment of death who
appeared as a shadowy mistress falling
in love with her he became determined to
prove his love for death by destroying
all life in the years that followed
Thanos began adapting Bionic implants
and learning forbidden mysticism to
build a weapon when his father
discovered this he was exiled from Titan
filled with hatred and a growing sense
of ambition he traveled throughout space
acquiring vast knowledge and amassing an
army of hostile aliens meanwhile his
mutation allowed him to absorb cosmic
rays and this made him most powerful of
the Titans capable of such feats as
telekinesis telepathy teleportation and
force field projection eventually he
soon launched a nuclear attack on his
home moon killing millions including his
mother his father and brother happened
to be offworld at the time and escaped
the terrible Holocaust
becoming the ruler of what was left of
titan he was labeled the mad Titan he
continued to seek a way to prove his
devotion to death while travelling the
cosmos in his spaceship sanctuary –
together we can appreciate the truest
expression of my love annihilation
everything that is this included
pillaging countless worlds acquiring new
technologies vast resources and a
greater Legion of followers however he
was soon pursued by Drax the destroyer a
being charged with slaying him for his
crimes against the universe during their
battle
Drax was incapacitated and would only be
revived when Thanos fixed his attention
on conquering earth allowing Ironman to
revive Drax with a burst of energy
remaining a constant threat to earth
Thanos has regularly faced many of
Earth’s superheroes including spider-man
the Fantastic Four and the Avengers
he has similarly worked alongside
several super villains to seek out tools
to obliterate the universe these have
included the Cosmic Cube known in 2012
The Avengers movie as the tesseract the
Marvel Universe’s most powerful
ambitious and intelligent foe Thanos has
crossed into many Marvel Comics
storylines since his debut a foe unlike
any other he has since been revealed to
be the next threat that the Avengers
will face on the silver screen soon
crush the entire universe between my
hands in the greatest offering
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring the comic book origins of
Thanos as with most comic book
characters that are often reimagining
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline that unfolded in 1973’s
Ironman number 55 which was expanded
upon in 1973’s Captain Marvel number 28
Thanos is part of an ancient race known
as the deviance the deviants are an
offshoot of the Eternals who are a race
of perfect godlike beings that were
created by 2,000 foot tall armored space
gods known as the Celestials as mutants
the deviants inherited the Eternals
godlike powers but lacked their perfect
looks and noble spirit born on Saturn’s
moon of Titan to an eternal King Thanos
was a prince and one of the few to
inherit the deviant gene despite his
hide like skin and abilities that
surpassed the other residents of Titan
he was treated fairly by his family
however he grew increasingly feared by
the peaceful and prosperous civilization
in which he lived eventually he came to
realize how different he was from those
around him especially his adored brother
eros who would later become a member of
the Avengers under the name Star Fox
becoming increasingly distant Thanos
soon found an unshakable interest to the
opposites of the virtues that the
eternal stood for namely nihilism and
death this interest came to a head when
he discovered a forgotten subterranean
temple there in Thanos happened upon the
physical embodiment of death who
appeared as a shadowy mistress falling
in love with her he became determined to
prove his love for death by destroying
all life in the years that followed
Thanos began adapting Bionic implants
and learning forbidden mysticism to
build a weapon when his father
discovered this he was exiled from Titan
filled with hatred and a growing sense
of ambition he traveled throughout space
acquiring vast knowledge and amassing an
army of hostile aliens meanwhile his
mutation allowed him to absorb cosmic
rays and this made him most powerful of
the Titans capable of such feats as
telekinesis telepathy teleportation and
force field projection eventually he
soon launched a nuclear attack on his
home moon killing millions including his
mother his father and brother happened
to be offworld at the time and escaped
the terrible Holocaust
becoming the ruler of what was left of
titan he was labeled the mad Titan he
continued to seek a way to prove his
devotion to death while travelling the
cosmos in his spaceship sanctuary –
together we can appreciate the truest
expression of my love annihilation
everything that is this included
pillaging countless worlds acquiring new
technologies vast resources and a
greater Legion of followers however he
was soon pursued by Drax the destroyer a
being charged with slaying him for his
crimes against the universe during their
battle
Drax was incapacitated and would only be
revived when Thanos fixed his attention
on conquering earth allowing Ironman to
revive Drax with a burst of energy
remaining a constant threat to earth
Thanos has regularly faced many of
Earth’s superheroes including spider-man
the Fantastic Four and the Avengers
he has similarly worked alongside
several super villains to seek out tools
to obliterate the universe these have
included the Cosmic Cube known in 2012
The Avengers movie as the tesseract the
Marvel Universe’s most powerful
ambitious and intelligent foe Thanos has
crossed into many Marvel Comics
storylines since his debut a foe unlike
any other he has since been revealed to
be the next threat that the Avengers
will face on the silver screen soon
crush the entire universe between my
hands in the greatest offering
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